Job 11:2
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
KJV
Numquid qui multa loquitur, non et audiet ? aut vir verbosus justificabitur ?
Vulgate
Ὁ τὰ πολλὰ λέγων καὶ ἀντακούσεται· ἢ καὶ ὁ εὔλαλος οἴεται εἶναι δίκαιος;
LXX
Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
ASV
הֲ/רֹ֣ב דְּ֭בָרִים לֹ֣א יֵעָנֶ֑ה וְ/אִם אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפָתַ֣יִם יִצְדָּֽק
Hebrew
Open in reader with connections →
In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הַצְדִּ֣יק
htsdyq
verb · 41×
י
y
noun · 177×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
רֹ֣ב
rb
noun · 149×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 5:3 — For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
- Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
- Job 18:2 — How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
- Job 24:25 — And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
- Prov 10:19 — In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.